HST vs SHO vs APLE Stock Comparison

Host Hotels & Resorts, Sunstone Hotel Investors and Apple Hospitality REIT Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

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Host Hotels & Resorts leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Host Hotels & Resorts 8, Apple Hospitality REIT 3, Sunstone Hotel Investors 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHSTSHOAPLELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $17.31B $2.37B $4.39B HST
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.9x 56.0x 25.1x HST
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.4x 49.1x 24.2x HST
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.9% +7.3% +1.2% SHO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.5% 4.2% 12.2% HST
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.4% — 5.5% HST
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 1.9x 3.3x HST
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 3.76% 2.82% 5.16% APLE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +54.9% +41.1% +61.5% APLE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.5%/yr +0.7%/yr +3.4%/yr HST
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.3% 22.8% 22.6% APLE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 74/100 73/100 59/100 HST

Percentile Scorecard

HSTSHOAPLE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHSTSHOAPLE
Valuation 84 #24 of 145 91 #14 of 145 76 #36 of 145
Growth 62 #54 of 142 62 #55 of 142 29 #101 of 142
Profitability 74 #36 of 135 64 #49 of 135 63 #51 of 135
Financial Health 76 #34 of 136 91 #13 of 136 90 #14 of 136
Shareholder Returns 72 #37 of 131 59 #54 of 131 37 #83 of 131
Overall 74 73 59
  • HST ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • SHO ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • APLE ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHSTSHOAPLESPY
1 month +11.5%+13.0%+13.8% +0.9%
3 months -1.1%+8.5%+10.7% +5.9%
6 months +20.0%+29.9%+38.1% +8.5%
Year to date +42.5%+42.8%+57.0% +13.3%
1 year +54.9%+41.1%+61.5% +12.4%
3 years +67.9%+41.3%+24.6% +88.1%
3 years, per year +18.9%+12.2%+7.6% +23.5%
5 years +50.1%+3.5%+18.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year +8.5%+0.7%+3.4% +11.0%
10 years +68.5%+3.0%+4.4% +263.4%
10 years, per year +5.4%+0.3%+0.4% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureHSTSHOAPLESPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.3%22.8%22.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.3%23.7%20.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.670.600.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.171.802.72 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -40.2%-41.6%-42.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.1%0.0%-0.2% -0.9%
52-week high $25.54$12.77$18.64 $779.14
52-week low $16.02$8.73$11.17 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHSTSHOAPLE
P/E now vs peer median 16.9xmedian 25.8x 56.0xmedian 25.8x 25.1xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 4.0x 2.4xmedian 4.0x 3.0xmedian 4.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.0xmedian 14.2x 7.7xmedian 14.2x 13.0xmedian 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.1xmedian 23.0x 24.5xmedian 23.0x 22.8xmedian 23.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.3x 1.3xmedian 1.3x 1.4xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.40median 1.91 -2.98median 1.91 11.88median 1.91

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHSTSHOAPLE
Revenue $6.22B $1.00B $1.44B
Gross profit $1.68B $608.66M $579.20M
Operating income $905.00M $262.94M $258.26M
Net income $1.04B $53.12M $175.27M
Free cash flow $1.02B $96.80M $192.49M
EPS (diluted) $1.49 $0.23 $0.74
Cash & equivalents $1.95B $203.71M $10.15M
Total debt $5.08B $968.37M $1.50B
Shares (diluted) 687.00M 185.55M 236.15M
Enterprise value $12.57B $1.62B $4.32B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHSTSHOAPLE
P/E 16.9x 56.0x 25.1x
P/FCF 17.1x 24.5x 22.8x
P/Operating cash flow 10.8x 12.0x 11.4x
P/S 2.8x 2.4x 3.0x
P/B 2.7x 1.3x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 1.3x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 12.0x 7.7x 13.0x
EV/EBIT 22.6x 11.9x 22.8x
EV/Revenue 3.3x 3.1x 4.1x
EV/FCF 20.1x 32.4x 30.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.7x 15.8x 15.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.40 -2.98 11.88

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHSTSHOAPLE
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.9% 7.3% 1.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.0% -0.2% 3.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.6% 7.6% 0.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -4.7% -1.1% 1.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 6.0% 8.2% -1.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.2% 45.3% 4.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 55.8% 164.1% -3.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 10.6% -19.6% 3.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 57.4% 917.8% -2.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.0% -18.8% 2.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 12.4% 18.2% 1.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.7% -4.2% -0.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 874.8% 318.6% -32.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.6% -4.3% -1.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHSTSHOAPLE
Gross margin 27.0% 60.7% 40.2%
EBITDA margin 27.4% 40.4% 31.5%
Operating margin 14.6% 26.2% 17.9%
Pretax margin 17.6% 5.3% 12.2%
Net margin 16.5% 4.2% 12.2%
FCF margin 16.3% 9.7% 13.4%
Operating cash flow margin 25.8% 19.8% 26.8%
Return on equity 15.8% 2.8% 5.6%
Return on assets 7.9% 1.8% 3.6%
Return on invested capital 7.4% – 5.5%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 3.7x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 1.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHSTSHOAPLE
Debt / assets 38.3% 31.9% 30.9%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.5x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 1.9x 3.3x
Debt / FCF 5.0x 10.0x 7.8x
Liabilities / assets 51.8% 38.0% 35.4%
Equity / assets 48.2% 62.0% 64.6%
Interest coverage 3.8x 5.2x –
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHSTSHOAPLE
Dividend yield 3.8% 2.8% 5.2%
Net buyback yield 0.4% 3.1% 0.3%
Shareholder yield 4.2% 5.9% 5.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 62.6% – 129.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 64.2% – 117.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.8% – -6.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 13.8% – 1.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHSTSHOAPLE
Forward P/E 17.4xFY2026 49.1xFY2026 24.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.45FY2026 $0.26FY2026 $0.77FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.8%FY2026 +550.0%FY2026 +4.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -30.3% -11.5% +1.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.55BFY2026 $966.48MFY2026 $1.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.2%FY2026 +0.7%FY2026 +7.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.2% -7.8% +2.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHSTSHOAPLE
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 86.8%
Institutions holding 737 273 367
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.7% +2.6% +1.4%
Institutions buying 432 136 207
Institutions selling 209 97 108
Buyers to sellers 2.07 1.40 1.92

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HSTSHOAPLE
HST 1.00 0.75 0.73
SHO 0.75 1.00 0.76
APLE 0.73 0.76 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HST, SHO and APLE?

Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) is the largest by market capitalisation: Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) $17.31B, Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) $2.37B, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) $4.39B.

Which stock is cheaper, HST, SHO and APLE?

Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) 16.9x, Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) 56.0x, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) 25.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) is cheapest (Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) 17.4x, Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) 49.1x, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) 24.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) +4.9%, Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) +7.3%, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) +1.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) has the highest net margin (Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) 16.5%, Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) 4.2%, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) 12.2%). On return on invested capital, Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) leads (Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) 7.4%, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) 5.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) returned the most: Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) +54.9%, Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) +41.1%, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) +61.5%. Over five years, Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) compounded fastest (Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) +8.5%/yr, Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) +0.7%/yr, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) +3.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) has the highest dividend yield: Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) 3.76%, Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) 2.82%, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) 5.16%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) has been the steadiest (Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) 25.3%, Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) 22.8%, Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) 22.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HST, SHO and APLE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.